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Every residential building in Saskatchewan must have working carbon monoxide and smoke alarms by July 1 of next year.
The provincial government has amended The Uniform Building and Accessibility Standards Regulations, making CO and smoke alarms mandatory for all residential buildings in Saskatchewan regardless of a building’s age.
Previously, alarms were only required in new residential buildings built since 1988 (for smoke alarms) and 2009 (CO alarms).
“The health, welfare and safety of residents in their homes is a priority in building safe communities and a strong Saskatchewan,” Government Relations Minister Don McMorris said in a media release.
“Requiring all residential buildings to have working CO and smoke alarms ensures you and your family are better protected against these dangerous substances.”
In January, 33 residents of a Saskatoon apartment building were taken to hospital and treated for carbon monoxide poisoning after a leak in the boiler room of their building.
Fire department officials later said the building didn’t have a working CO detector. Chief Morgan Hackl said building codes did not require CO alarms to be installed because of the age of the structure.
According to the provincial government, an average of 1,200 CO incidents were reported annually to SaskEnergy between 2018 and 2020.
“If there isn’t a working CO alarm to alert you to its presence in your home, continued CO exposure can lead to confusion, drowsiness, loss of consciousness, brain damage and death,” the government said in its release.
According to the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency, 36 per cent of all fires reported to the agency in 2020-21 were in residential buildings.